Ahem...getting back to the subject of the thread...Islam is not a religion in the sense that Americans think of religion. We consider a religion to be a set of beliefs, an organization with buildings, real estate, a cadre of clergy or some sort, and believers. We pre-suppose that religious believers accept the separation of church and state, and the subordination of esoteric religious beliefs and practices to the laws of the state where they conflict.
Islam ain't like that. Islam, by core belief, mandates that government be subject to not only the tenets of Islam, but also to its spiritual leaders. This is why western companies are so reluctant to invest in Islamic states: any contract can be tossed out by an Imam who thinks it is unfair or it conflicts with the Holy Quran. Islam is a religion that sanctions female genital mutilation, subordination of women, physical mutilation for crimes/sins, slavery, and other practices incompatible with American laws and values. And the beliefs of Muslims do not evaporate when they cross national borders; just ask the Brits and the French, who are dealing with outlaw "Sharia Courts," sexual slavery and an epidemic of rapes in their own territories.
There are many Muslim Americans and would-be immigrants who are willing to abandon these Islamic mandates - perhaps they are the vast majority - but to simply treat Muslim applicants the same as adherents to other religions is folly. Islam is fundamentally different from any religion significantly represented in the U.S.
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